Fourth Grade

Reading

Comprehensive Curriculum

Timeline

Unit 1

Joan Rhodes

4th Grade Reading Unit Notes

d  These units come straight from your basal

d  I added some GLEs that you are teaching, but were not listed. This brings it in line with the CC.

d  Writing is in your ELA units, but the trait of the week is added to these (6 + 1)

d  Fluency skills are very important to reading success, we have not been strong in this area in the past

d  You do not have to assess every student on fluency every week! Page 133a of your 1st T. manual has a “Fluency Assessment Plan” you can use. You will assess each student once during the unit. Also, it only takes 1 minute per student to assess fluency.

d  Louisiana wants 4th graders to read at 140 words correct per minute.

4th Grade Reading

Reading and Language Arts Essentials

Unit 1 Theme: This Land is Your Land Time: 5 weeks

Because of Winn-Dixie / Fluency / Vocabulary Development / Comprehension / Spelling / Grammar and Conventions
Monday / Act: Model tone of Voice
GLEs: 10 / Act: Introduce vocabulary
GLEs: 3 / Act: Sequence, summarize, background
GLEs: 8, 14a,f / Act: Pretest for short vowels
GLEs: 32 / Act: Declarative and interrogative sentences
GLEs: 30a
Tuesday / Act: Choral Reading
GLEs: 4, 9 / Act: Word Structure
GLEs: 1 / Act: Sequence, summarize
GLEs: 14a,f / Act: Generalization
GLEs: 32 / Act: Develop declarative and inter. sentences
GLEs: 30a
Wednesday / Act: Model tone of voice
GLEs: 10 / Act: Word Structure
GLEs: 1 / Act: Summarize, Author’s purpose
GLEs: 14f, 16 / Act: Connect spelling to writing
GLEs: 32 / Act: Apply declarative and inter. sentences in writing
GLEs: 30a
Thursday / Act: Partner Reading
GLEs: 10 / Act: Content-area vocabulary
GLEs: 2 / Act: Nonfiction text features, reading across texts
GLEs: 19e, 41b / Act: Provide a strategy
GLEs: 32 / Act: Practice sentences for standardized tests
GLEs: 30a
Friday / Act: Assess reading rate
GLEs: 10 / Act: Build concept vocabulary, word structure
GLEs: 1, 3 / Act: Sequence, idioms
GLEs: 2, 14a / Act: Posttest for short vowels
GLEs: 32 / Act: Cumulative review
GLEs: 30a

*Writing Trait of the week: Word Choice

Lewis and Clark and Me / Fluency / Vocabulary Development / Comprehension / Spelling / Grammar and Conventions
Monday / Act: Model Pauses
GLEs: 10 / Act: Introduce vocabulary
GLEs: 3 / Act: Author’s Purpose, questioning, background
GLEs: 7, 8, 15, 16 / Act: Pretest for long a and i
GLEs: 32 / Act: Imperative and exclamatory sentences
GLEs: 30b
Tuesday / Act: Echo Reading
GLEs: 10 / Act: Word Structure,
GLEs: 2 / Act: Purpose, questions, cause and effect
GLEs: 7, 16, 18, 19c / Act: Generalization
GLEs: 32 / Act: Develop imperative and exclamatory sentences
GLEs: 30b
Wednesday / Act: Model pauses
GLEs: 10 / Act: Word Structure, develop vocabulary
GLEs: 2,3 / Act: Questions, Author’s purpose, read and respond
GLEs: 7, 16 / Act: Connect spelling to writing
GLEs: 32 / Act: Apply sentences in writing
GLEs: 30b
Thursday / Act: Partner Reading
GLEs: 9 / Act: Content-area vocabulary
GLEs: 2 / Act: Narrative/Nonfiction text features, reading across texts
GLEs: 8, 12, 15 / Act: Provide a strategy
GLEs: 32 / Act: Practice sentences for standardized tests
GLEs: 30b
Friday / Act: Assess reading rate
GLEs: 10 / Act: Build concept vocabulary, word structure
GLEs: 2, 3 / Act: Author’s purpose, imagery
GLEs: 3, 6, 16 / Act: Posttest for long a and i
GLEs: 32 / Act: Cumulative review
GLEs: 30b

*Writing Trait of the week: Sentences

Grandfather’s Journey / Fluency / Vocabulary Development / Comprehension / Spelling / Grammar and Conventions
Monday / Act: Model tempo and rate
GLEs: 10 / Act: Introduce vocabulary
GLEs: 3 / Act: Sequence, graphic organizers, background
GLEs: 8, 14a / Act: Pretest for long e & o
GLEs: 32 / Act: Subjects and Predicates
GLEs: 30b
Tuesday / Act: Choral Reading
GLEs: 4, 9 / Act: Dictionary, glossary
GLEs: 3 / Act: Sequence, graphic organizers. Main idea
GLEs: 14a,f / Act: Generalization
GLEs: 32 / Act: Develop subjects and predicates
GLEs: 30b
Wednesday / Act: Model tempo and rate
GLEs: 10 / Act: Develop vocabulary
GLEs: 2 / Act: Graphic organizers, read and respond
GLEs: 7, 14a / Act: Connect spelling to writing
GLEs: 32 / Act: Apply subjects and predicates in writing
GLEs: 30b
Thursday / Act: Partner Reading
GLEs: 9 / Act: Online reference sources
GLEs: 42 / Act: Online reference sources, reading across texts
GLEs: 14e, 42 / Act: Provide a strategy
GLEs: 32 / Act: Practice subjects and predicates for standardized tests
GLEs: 30b
Friday / Act: Assess reading rate
GLEs: 10 / Act: Dictionary, glossary
GLEs: 3 / Act: Sequence, paraphrase
GLEs: 14a, 45 / Act: Posttest for long e & o
GLEs: 32 / Act: Cumulative review
GLEs: 30b

*Writing Trait of the Week: Voice

The Horned Toad Prince / Fluency / Vocabulary Development / Comprehension / Spelling / Grammar and Conventions
Monday / Act: Model volume
GLEs: 10 / Act: Introduce vocabulary
GLEs: 3 / Act: Author’s purpose, story structure, background
GLEs: 5, 8, 16 / Act: Pretest for long e
GLEs: 32 / Act: Compound sentences
GLEs: 30b
Tuesday / Act: Echo Reading
GLEs: 9 / Act: Context clues
GLEs: 3 / Act: Author’s purpose, story structure, context clues, sequence
GLEs: 5b, 14a, 16, 18 / Act: Generalization
GLEs: 32 / Act: Develop compound sentences
GLEs: 30b
Wednesday / Act: Model volume
GLEs: 10 / Act: Develop vocabulary
GLEs: 2 / Act: Author’s purpose, story structure, context clues, read and respond
GLEs: 5b, 7, 16, 18 / Act: Connect spelling to writing
GLEs: 32 / Act: Apply compound sentences in writing
GLEs: 30b
Thursday / Act: Partner Reading
GLEs: 9 / Act: Content- area vocabulary
GLEs: 3 / Act: Expository nonfiction, reading across texts
GLEs: 14f, 19e / Act: Provide a strategy
GLEs: 32 / Act: Practice compound sentences for standardized tests
GLEs: 30b
Friday / Act: Assess reading rate
GLEs: 10 / Act: Dialect
GLEs: 3 / Act: Author’s purpose, context clues
GLEs: 16, 18 / Act: Posttest for long e
GLEs: 32 / Act: Cumulative review
GLEs: 30b

*Writing Trait of the Week: Ideas/Focus

Letters Home From Yosemite / Fluency / Vocabulary Development / Comprehension / Spelling / Grammar and Conventions
Monday / Act: Model phrasing
GLEs: 10 / Act: Introduce vocabulary
GLEs: 3 / Act: Main idea, graphic organizers, background
GLEs: 8, 14f, 50 / Act: Pretest for long u
GLEs: 32 / Act: Clauses and complex sentences
GLEs: 30b
Tuesday / Act: Echo Reading
GLEs: 9 / Act: Word structure, develop vocabulary
GLEs: 1, 3 / Act: Main idea, graphic organizers
GLEs: 14f, 50 / Act: Generalization
GLEs: 32 / Act: Develop clauses and complex sentences
GLEs: 30b
Wednesday / Act: Model phrasing
GLEs: 10 / Act: Develop vocabulary
GLEs: 2 / Act: Graphic organizers, fact and opinion, read and respond
GLEs: 7, 19a, 50 / Act: Connect spelling to writing
GLEs: 32 / Act: Apply clauses and complex sentences in writing
GLEs: 30b
Thursday / Act: Partner Reading
GLEs: 9 / Act: Content- area vocabulary
GLEs: 3 / Act: Song, reading across texts
GLEs: 12, 14e / Act: Provide a strategy
GLEs: 32 / Act: Practice clauses and complex sentences for standardized tests
GLEs: 30b
Friday / Act: Assess reading rate
GLEs: 10 / Act: Word structure
GLEs: 1 / Act: Main idea, point of view
GLEs: 5c, 14f / Act: Posttest for long u
GLEs: 32 / Act: Cumulative review
GLEs: 30b

* Writing Trait of the Week: Conventions